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Your association officer positions are elected annually. Please indicate your approval/choice of person for each office. The Bayside Beach Association Board of Directors consists of six members and one alternate. Three (3) board members are elected each year for two-year terms. Please vote for no more than three (3) members for the board of directors. All terms begin October 1, 2024. Using the enclosed envelope, return your ballot(s) by the deadline date of Tuesday, September 3, 2024. The envelopes will be opened, and ballots counted at the following Bayside Beach Board of Directors’ meeting on Tuesday, September 10, 2024. Please contact an officer or board member if you would like to attend the counting of the ballots.
Bayside Beach Association Board Candidates
Joe Bohez – Joe has lived in West Bloomfield for 33 years, 26 of those years as a member of the Bayside Beach Association. He has served as a beach board member for several years, including this past year. Joe regularly contributes to making the beach a pleasurable place to enjoy summer events, especially through his efforts to assist in event set-ups, and food preparation at Music on the Lake (as well as other events). Joe is a friendly representative of the board and is welcoming to all members of the association.
Mike Burwell – Mike has been a Bayside Beach Association member since 1988, has served and is serving as our Board Chairman for a total of 29 years, and has used his expertise as an attorney to represent our Association in various legal situations (with West Bloomfield Twp., Twin Beach Golf and Country Club, Oakland County Road Commission). These situations include working on: the original Colony Drive paving and road abandonment project, swim area re-sanding, parking lot pavement projects, the boat storage ordinance petition, our legal action against Twin Beach Golf and Country Club, and our past boat ramp repair/replacement projects. Mike also represents our Association as a member on the Upper Straits Clean Lake Association. His service to Bayside Beach has been and is invaluable.
Harley Higgins – Harley has lived in West Bloomfield for most of his life. His parents were members of the Bayside Beach Association starting in 1969. Harley has been a beach association member in good standing since 1978. In the past, he has served as Association president and, for many years, has served as a board member. Harley’s contributions to the beach have resulted in the beach’s remarkable improvement. These contributions include: maintaining and repairing the restrooms, proposing pontoon boat mooring on the north shore that passed a membership vote, facilitating fence/gate/lock repairs, facilitating the replacement of the beach asphalt path with concrete, procuring contractor quotes for various repair/improvement projects, and serving as a liaison between the Association and the representative responsible for arranging our annual fireworks display on Upper Straits Lake. Harley is always willing to assist with any necessary repairs at the beach.
Adam Shepp – Adam and his wife moved to Michigan in 2013 after growing up in Indiana. Automotive engineering brought him to the area, while interior design brought Holly, his high school sweetheart, here. In 2015, they moved into the neighborhood and immediately fell in love with the neighbors who quickly became a part of their family, as Adam and Holly started raising their son. The Shepps enjoy(ed) life in the Bayside Beach area so much that, in 2021, they moved into their second home located in the community. In 2023, Adam and Holly welcomed the arrival of their baby girl. Adam served on the Bayside Beach board as alternate in 2022 and 2023. In 2023, Adam developed the 2023 membership survey, and later analyzed the data. The Bayside Beach board has been discussing and acting on several of the issues brought to light in the survey results. As one of the younger board members, Adam offered/offers the perspective of a young family member in the association. Adam and his family enjoy spending their time at the beach, as often as possible, and have made it a priority to get engaged in the beach association.